WR · pick 65 — first ever wide receiver at #65 (1970)

WR·pick 65

FIRST WR EVER DRAFTED AT #65

Todd Snyder

Drafted by ATL · Ohio

1970

WRs drafted at #65 in NFL history

most recent: Malachi Corley (NYJ, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1969, the model gave a wide receiver at #65 a 11.9% chance in 1970.

Wide receiver at #65, year by year

Each year's estimate uses only that year's draft and the years before it — no peeking ahead. The line smooths across neighboring picks and seasons so a single oddball draft doesn't dominate. The shaded band is the model's 90% uncertainty range.

Peak: 14.5% · 2027 model: 12.8%

Surrounding picks · 1970 draft

#60LBChip BennettCIN
#61DEBarnett, Billy BobBilly Bob BarnettKC
#62DEClovis SwinneyNO
#63OTKohler, JohnJohn KohlerDEN
#64OGAndy MaurerATL
#66SCharlie WatersDAL
#68LBJim CarterGB
#69CBHarris, EricEric HarrisARI
#71DEJim MitchellDET
#72LBDennis OnkotzNYJ

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2024Malachi CorleyNYJ — GM Joe Douglas · Western Kentucky
2003Kelley WashingtonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Tennessee
2002Deion BranchNE — GM Bill Belichick · Louisville
1988Bernard FordBUF — GM Bill Polian · Central Florida
1978Danny FultonBUF · Nebraska–Omaha
1977Elmo BoydSF · Eastern Kentucky
1976Dave LoganCLE · Colorado
1973Jim LashMIN · Northwestern

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